This week, as I’ve been out walking the dog, I couldn’t help but notice a neighbor down the street with a tree full of cherries growing riper … and riper. I remembered my vow last year to ask for fruit that appeared to be going to waste, so I knocked on the door on Tuesday.
Nobody [...]
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Fruit scavenging – cherries
Posted in Eating, Freebies, Garden, Green Living, Home, food, local, thrift, tagged cherries, fruit, liqueur, neighbors, pie on June 30, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Friday wrap-up: Hacking Craigslist, ceiling fans, efficient cars, boob-powered iPods
Posted in Environment, Home, Saving, energy, recycling, spinning, thrift, utilities, tagged bra-powered ipods, cars, ceiling fans, craigslist, fuel efficiency on June 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Get Rich Slowly this week posted a terrific tip to subscribe to a search on Craigslist. Mwah ha ha, when the right Kromski Prelude spinning wheel comes along, I will be all over it!
It is ceiling fan season — and The Simple Dollar posted a simple list of ways to get your ceiling fan to [...]
Composter giveaway; what to compost
Posted in DIY, Environment, Garden, Green Living, Home, carbon, recycling, thrift, waste, tagged compost, composter, egg, eggshells, fish, giveaway, green daily, shrimp on June 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Green Daily is giving away a $300-value composter package for those who comment with what they would compost by July 2. It’s a random drawing, so I am generously decreasing my own chances by letting all of you in on it! Good luck!
Also, our neighborhood newsletter arrived yesterday with a slightly wackadoodle article about composting. [...]
My life with the Diva Cup
Posted in Environment, Green Living, Saving, waste, tagged challenge, crunchy chicken, diva cup, female, menstrual cup, menstruation, moon cup, period, women on June 26, 2008 | 56 Comments »
Note: This one’s for the ladies! Men, you’ve been warned.
TMI! TMI! TMI!
Too much information, indeed, about things very personal to womankind. Still in? OK then.
In April, I signed on for Crunchy Chicken’s Diva Cup challenge. She offered the chance to win a Diva Cup – an insertable, washable silicone cup that catches menstrual flow, eliminating [...]
How walkable is your neighborhood?
Posted in Environment, Green Living, Home, Saving, carbon, energy, tagged cool tool, pedestrian, walking on June 25, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Recently I came across this cool tool to rate how walkable your neighborhood is (via The Simple Dollar).
You just type in your address and it calculates your “walk score” based on the proximity to grocery stores, parks, libraries, restaurants, bars, services, schools, churches, etc. It has its flaws — it lists Jamba Juice as a [...]
Garden update: Cukes & growth
Posted in Garden, Growing Challenge, food, tagged basil, butternut squash, cucumbers, Garden, seedlings, tomatoes, volunteers on June 24, 2008 | 7 Comments »
In the garden, we are entering the exciting Stage 2, where the plants are *visibly* growing.
Stage 1 is “everything is in the ground and it’s just sitting there!” Impatient people such as myself get very irritable with Stage 1 … even though we know, intellectually, that while the plant “just sits,” it is doing important [...]
I’m Twittering
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged twitter on June 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just a quick note – I have finally succumbed to the Twitter-buzz and signed up on Twitter.
If you’re on Twitter too and you’re interested in following or being followed, let me know!
Friday wrap-up: Whole planet picnic, garden potty, and a solar theramin in a tin
Posted in Environment, Fun, Garden, Green Living, crafts, tagged crunchy chicken, party, picnic, solar, theramin, urine on June 20, 2008 | Comments Off
GreenPa wants to start a tradition of a “whole planet picnic” – a waste-free free-for-all on the solstice. That would be today … or more loosely, this weekend. So if you don’t have plans, get those phones ringing! I wish I were on top of this this year … maybe next year.
Don’t forget, Saturday is [...]
Coupons & savings on organic goodies and freezing milk
Posted in Deals, Eating, Green Living, Saving, Shopping, food, money, thrift, tagged coupons, Deals, milk, organic, Saving on June 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This showed up yesterday on The “Cent”sible Sawyer – coupons for organic goods. I would save it for Friday, but some of these things can expire quickly, so I’d advise jumping right on it.
Some of the services only send you coupons once, so bear that in mind, as well.
I had my own money-saving moment this [...]
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